Louise McIntosh Slaughter
is in her eighth term in the U.S. House of
Representatives representing the 28th Congressional district that includes
Rochester, New York and its suburbs. A Democrat, she serves as whip-at-large
and sits on the House Rules Committee. Also a microbiologist with a master's
degree in public health, she is intensely involved in health issues, and is the
author of widely supported legislation that would protect consumers from discrimination
by health insurance providers based on their genetic makeup. The bill would
also protect the privacy of an individual's genetic information. Congresswoman
Slaughter is a member of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, among
other task forces and caucuses on medical policy, and she is a board member of
the Einstein Institute, which educates judges on genetics issues. She holds a
B.S. in microbiology and an M.S. in public health from the University of
Kentucky.